diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/mlx5/cmd.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/mlx5/cmd.c
index 01ef695e9441..64e68d13cb98 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/mlx5/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/mlx5/cmd.c
@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@ void mlx5vf_cmd_set_migratable(struct mlx5vf_pci_core_device *mvdev,
 	if (MLX5_CAP_GEN(mvdev->mdev, adv_virtualization))
 		mvdev->core_device.vdev.log_ops = log_ops;
 
+	if (MLX5_CAP_GEN_2(mvdev->mdev, migration_multi_load) &&
+	    MLX5_CAP_GEN_2(mvdev->mdev, migration_tracking_state))
+		mvdev->core_device.vdev.migration_flags |=
+			VFIO_MIGRATION_PRE_COPY;
+
 end:
 	mlx5_vf_put_core_dev(mvdev->mdev);
 }